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Voyage
Transportation
Denis Riney was transported on the Neptune, departing 18th Apr 1849 and arriving 5th Apr 1850 with 306 passengers.
NeptuneReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/16, Page Number 12 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Denis was convicted Kenmare, Co Kerry Ireland on June 17, 1847 then taken to Spike Island in Co Cork from there to a prison in Dublin where he was shipped out to Bermuda spent months on the Hulk Medway before being but aboard the Neptune. A book "The Remarkable Voyage of the Neptunes Feb 1849 - April 1850" was written Louis Hablutzel Porthumus and published in 1999. I yearn for a copy (have searched everywhere) even tho Denis' name is'nt within its pages - he had to have been a model prisoner throughout his travail otherwise any bad conduct by him would have been noted.
Denis was shipped to Bermuda as was the practice of shipping Irish convicts between 1824 till 1853 for their use in constructing the Royal Navy Dockyards on Ireland's Island. Denis was housed in the Hulk Medway, a prison ship, until he and others including Irish Patriot, John Mitchel, were shipped from there on the Neptune for the Cape Colony in Africa - but due to anti-convict sentiments they were kept from going ashore, for months, then word from London directing that the Neptune head for VDL instead. They arrived in Hobart April, 5, 1850. Denis received a Conditional Pardon on arrival but beyond that I have no idea what became of him. Wish I knew, he being a contributer to Tasmania and Australia's history thanks due to an occupier Saxon neighbour.